Court orders CBI to give case papers to Najeeb Ahmed’s mom

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday directed the CBI to give copies of all the statements and documents related to the closure report of probe into missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmed’s case to his mother within two weeks.

Chief metropolitan magistrate Naveen Kumar Kashyap directed the agency to supply hard or soft copies of the documents.

“There cannot be a half-hearted approach. In fact, an effective opportunity should be given to the complainant to file a protest petition.... Whole of the cancellation report along with the statement of witnesses and documents, which are part and parcel of the present cancellation report, have to be supplied to the complainant,” the court said. It also directed the IO to appear in person on the next date of hearing.

The law is settled that in case of a closure report, complainant is to be given opportunity to file a protest petition, if so desired, the court said. “In the present case, it is clear that the complainant wants to file a protest petition,” it added. The order came on a protest petition filed by Ahmed’s mother, Fatima Nafees, through her lawyer Harsh Bora against the CBI closure report.